Circular No. 8317

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SUPERNOVAE 2004be AND 2004bf

Further to IAUC 8312, K. Shimasaki, M. Moore, and W. Li report
the LOSS discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT
images:

SN       2004 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004be   Apr. 6.28   10 00 19.47  -24 48 13.8  17.0  4".0 W, 2".4 N
2004bf   Apr. 7.44   13 49 15.45  +35 15 12.5  17.5  17".1 E, 14".8 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes:  SN 2004be in ESO 499-G34, Mar. 28.25
UT, [18.0; Apr. 8.22, 16.7.  SN 2004bf in UGC 8739, Mar. 6.45,
[18.5; 23.48, [18.0; Apr. 8.43, 17.5.

Host galaxy info: vel = 2282 km/s, 1.1 x 1.0, 14.78, SB(s)m pec

SN type info: II

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